November 19, 2010

Asher sneezed and I was preoccupied with something and didn't say anything.

Then he sneezed again.

"Bless myself!"

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Charlie and I were talking about how good a deal BlueBell was at HEB a few week ago (2/$6 and 2/$4 with 2 coupons-sign up for an account and then go to coupons) and Char asked the kids, "Who wants Blue Bell?"

McKlayne: NO! Not me! I want Pink Bell!!

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And...the best for last...

Yesterday was laundry day (and a cold one) I was wearing yoga pants and a small long sleeved t-shirt that wasn't quite covering my belly at times when my yoga pants would slip down. But...since we were going to be at home all day, I didn't bother to change my shirt.

Asher was playing in his room when I walked in to put some clothes back in his closet. He looked up at me and said, "Hey Gus-Gus!"

(And this is Gus-Gus, the chubby mouse, whose shirt did not quite fit him, from Cinderella.)

November 3, 2010

We reached our goal (and actually surpassed it by 3 nets) in under 24 hours! Praise God! If you feel led, we'd love to encourage you to keep giving! There are soMANYchildren who we can help. We have until Dec. 1 to continue to raise money....so that's still a whole month! Even if you can just do $5, maybe someone else can only do $5 and that's 1 net between two people! Thank you again! Your eagerness to give so generously is humbling!

November 2, 2010

So...will you help us? Our goal is to raise $300 to buy 30 mosquito nets so 30 children (and their parents) can sleep in peace. If so, go to our fundraising page.

Thanks for watching!

UPDATE: THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT! You are amazing! We reached our goal (and actually surpassed it by 3 nets) in under 24 hours! Praise God! If you feel led, we'd love to encourage you to keep giving! There are so MANY children who we can help. We have until Dec. 1 to continue to raise money....so that's still a whole month! Even if you can just do $5, maybe someone else can only do $5 and that's 1 net between two people! Thank you again! Your eagerness to give so generously is humbling!

November 1, 2010

I'm not sure how to title these posts anymore...I am getting confused. I am a FULL 24 weeks pregnant but in my 25th week..so what should I be saying? That, Lord willing, I only have 15-ish weeks left!? CRAZY!

Pregnancy Highlights for the Week:

How Far Along: 24/25 weeks(?) Hmmm...let's go with 25...although, I'm not sure I am wanting to rush any of this along...I still haven't REALLY thought about how different my life is going to be with THREE kids.

Fruit/Veggie: Size of a rutabaga (13.5 inches, 1.5 lbs)

Baby changes: Baby is beginning to exchange his long, lean look for some baby fat. As he does, his wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and he'll start to look more and more like a newborn. He's also growing more hair — and if you could see it, you'd now be able to discern its color and texture.

Best Moment this week: Seeing my kids dress up for Halloween and come alive in their characters...more of that to come!

Gender: lately I have been feeling BOY...almost everyone has still been telling me girl, but I just have this "feeling" that it's a boy...which, remember, means nothing really since I was wrong with my other two pregnancies :)

Movement: Baby is still moving a lot. Charlie felt the baby move around 21 weeks for the first time.

Food Cravings: string cheese, fruit, Mel's chicken salad (hint, hint)

Sleep: I didn't get much sleep last week from all the sewing (6 stuffed monkeys-maybe I'll show those one day, plus 2 Halloween costumes) so when I am sleeping...I am not waking up for even a moment. It is sound, peaceful sleep.

What I am looking forward to: getting started on Christmas gifts! We're having a "handmade" Christmas this year, so I'm hoping to have all our gifts done by December 1.

Symptoms: My feet are GROWING again! (Not swelling...yet...growing...) I think that my feet did this with Asher (maybe that's why I'm thinking boy? but they were DEFINITELY swollen with him, too) but I can't remember if they did that with McKlayne or not. I started out before babies wearing a 7.5-8 in shoes....now...I'm approaching the 8.5-9 margin. What gigantic size are my feet going to be once I am DONE birthing babies? Has this happened to anyone else? (Someone told me their feet shrunk back...mine did not after Asher...)

Why I blog...

I'm often tempted to fall snare to the thief, Discontentment, (at least in my heart) about the complications of raising these precious little people...or that same thief with a different name, Comparison, as I'm sometimes overly concerned about dressing as stylish or keeping my house as neat as I once did before having them. So, this blog is simply a form of celebration-as I document, remember, and process--the gloriously messy, often chaotic, exceptionally silly and undeniably full household that God has given us. Though it may not always accurately represent all of our "real" life...these are the moments I want to store away, along with the details of the redemptive work of Jesus in our family that I want recorded for my children one day.